We Are Ayenda
As the Taliban claimed power in 2021 and banned women and girls from participating in sports, the members of the Afghanistan Youth Women's National Football Team needed to escape their own country or risk being captured. What happened next is an extraordinary story of survival, sisterhood and the human right to privacy. Presented by WhatsApp.
Amber Fares
Director
Eshan Ponnadurai
Executive Producer
Sophie Ho
Executive Producer
Ghada Soufan
Executive Producer
Adam Groves
Executive Producer
Vivian Odior
Executive Producer
Ashley Rodholm
Editor
Alex Jurisich
Associate Producer
Vida Habibi
Executive Producer
Zac Ryder
Executive Producer
Eric Stern
Executive Producer
Amanda Naseem
Producer
Daisy Zhou
Director of Photography
William Ryan Fritch
Music
Rabab Haj Yahya
Consulting Editor
Marcia Paralta
Production Office Assistant
Ermelinda Santos
Location Manager
Philip Bolus
Executive Producer
Eugenio Liziario
Driver
Tiago Silva
Assistant Camera
Katya Bolus
Production Assistant
Pedro Silveira
Driver
Paulo Guedes
Production Manager
Javed Rezayee
Producer
João Holbeche Beirao
Executive Producer
Aurora Benfeito
Location Assistant
Jaime Mendes
Production Assistant
Inês Carvalho
Camera Operator
João Cisneiros
First Assistant Director
Eugenio Liziario
Production Assistant
Marta Lopes
Location Assistant
Lara Heintz
Development Producer
Joana Dionisio
Location Assistant
Ariadna Llovet
Line Producer
Magda Vicente
Production Coordinator
Sílvia Diogo
Assistant Camera
Marco Marcelino
Production Driver
Miguel Efe
Key Grip
Tomé Palmeirim
Sound Engineer
Razan Alzayani
Still Photographer
João Ferreira
Video Assist Operator
Armando Chouriço
Grip
Martinha Costa
Makeup & Hair
Simran Mahal
Post Production Supervisor
Anna Tran
Associate Producer
Jaime Mendes
Driver
Tiago Antonio
Electrician
Ricardo Pereira
Generator Operator
Ruth Levy
Art Direction
Gonçalo Soromenho
Assistant Camera
Márcia Sousa
Assistant Camera
Vitor Miranda "Tita"
Gaffer
Vasco Carlos
Electrician
Rodolfo Santos
Grip
Mário Santos
Assistant Set Decoration
Carla Figueiredo
Wardrobe Supervisor
Rui Macedo
Second Assistant Director
Ian Colon
Assistant Editor
Sarah Katz
Archival Footage Coordinator
Christina Roldan
Executive Producer
Alex Zhao
Associate Producer
Victor Mendes
Assistant Set Decoration
Marta Lemos
Wardrobe Assistant
Pedro Silveira
Production Assistant
José Paulo
Grip
Carolina Pichel
Boom Operator
Nuno Buça
Digital Imaging Technician
Luis Miranda
Best Boy Grip
José Coimbra
Grip
Malcolm Pullinger
Executive Producer
Austin Hobart
Assistant Editor
Garret Walter
VFX Artist
Mahdiya E.
Translator
Mohammad Gorjestani
Executive Producer
Diane Valera
Head of Production
John Valle
Art Designer
Patrick Nugent
Executive Producer
Chris Riley
Art Designer
Sarah Beitch
Archival Footage Research
James Hicken
Sound Editor
Alex Friedman
Post Producer
Kya Lou
Colorist
Nicholas Kim
Assistant Sound Editor
Rachel Valdivia
Post Production Assistant
Drew Rissman
Head of Production
Kim Christensen
Executive Producer
Rocco Campanelli
Executive Producer
David Oh
Color Assistant
Scott Crozier
Assistant Editor
Lauren Koenig
Animation
Brian Sharifi
Sound Designer
Liliana Ribeiro
Makeup & Hair
Justin Lomax
Business Affairs Coordinator
Matthew Stepanek
Color Assistant
Jamie Muffett
ADR & Dubbing
Meghan Riechmann
Music Supervisor
Natalia Rolleston
ADR & Dubbing
Will Brood
ADR & Dubbing